Health Question of the Day: What's Your Happiest Age?

Hi guys! Remember, me, Lexi? I'm so happy to be guest blogging here on Vitamin G while Sarah is on vacation this week. I recently came across a study about happy ages. (You'll be happy to know that the teenage years are not, actually, the "best of our lives.") Nope, the research points to a very surprising "happiest" age. Can you guess?

74! According to Social Indicators Research, our happiness steadily increases from our teen years until we hit 40, then it levels off until age 46, at which point we get happier and happier until we reach 74. The report speculates this is because older people are more "appreciative," and, compared to younger people, "[they] tend to place a greater emphasis on emotional aspects of social interactions."

I'm not convinced something like this is quantifiable (bear in mind that other studies have found our happiest ages to be everything from 28 to "late 80s"), but it's definitely interesting to think about.

What's your happiest age so far? What age are you really looking forward to?